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  • CoRC holds free event for DLT

    The Culture of Responsible Choices provided a free Movie-in-a-Park event for Desert Lightning Team members here May 4, at Bama Park.The event was designed to provide an alternate fun activity for the DLT and their families. The CoRC tries to provide free, non-alcoholic events once a quarter. "The

  • DLT raises money for the AFEV

    The Desert Lightning Team is one of many sponsors raising money for the Air Force Enlisted Village at the upcoming 10th Annual Bob Hope Memorial Charity Golf Classic tournament at Eglin AFB, Fla., May 17-18.The Desert Lightning Team began collecting money in February. So far they have collected

  • Airmen weather Bagram

    No one can control the weather, but the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron weather flight makes a great effort to control its effect on operations here.The weather flight is responsible for providing mission execution forecasts to the various flying squadrons on base and resource

  • D-M has positive impact on Tucson economy

    According to D-M's Fiscal Year 2012 Economic Impact Analysis, released here April 26, D-M and military retirees circulated approximately $1.6 billion and helped create more than 4,600 jobs in the local area."The EIA is usually released around April each year, it takes about three to four months to

  • Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center seeks patients

    Airmen who are sick of living day to day with their glasses or contacts have an opportunity to leave them behind.The Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center at the David Grant USAF Medical Center here currently has no waiting list for laser eye surgery. Airmen in the western region who want to

  • Financial Wingmanship

    Members of the Desert Lightning Team have until May 17 to contribute to the Air Force Assistance Fund. The deadline has been extended to allow for more contributions. AFAF supports four charities whose benefits are available only to those in the Air Force family - the Air Force Aid Society, Air

  • AMARG held Boneyard 5K

    The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group hosted the Desert Boneyard 5K here, April 28. AMARG, commonly known as the Boneyard, is a one-of-a-kind, specialized facility within the Air Force where aircraft retire.Prior to the run, participants watched as Airmen from the D-M Honor Guard

  • Free defense class offered to women

    The 355th Security Forces Squadron and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program offer a free basic self-defense class here about once a monthThe Rape Aggression Defense Systems class teaches women realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques against various types of assault.The class is

  • Students tour D-M squadrons

    First grade students from the Family Life Academy of Tucson paid a visit to the installation April 23.More than 20 students, along with family members, visited the 358th Fighter Squadron and the 55th Rescue Squadron to get an inside look at their mission."It was around first grade that I decided I

  • Civilian pay transitions into ATAAPS

    D-M went live with the Automated Time Attendance and Production System for civilians Sunday here, April 21.The ATAAPS program is an Air Force wide program designed to prepare audit readiness, as well as financial readiness, across the Air Force. Kimberly Hervey, 355th Comptroller Squadron ATAAPS